Supervisor Susan Adams filed a response Wednesday to a recall petition, urging people not to sign it.

"Please don't sign the recall petition!" the statement says, asserting it is a waste of money for the county to spend $250,000 on a special recall election just weeks before a regular election next year will be held for her seat anyway.

Adams' statement says she has an "open door policy to meet with any of my constituents," a retort to angry residents mounting a recall campaign because they say she does not listen to their concerns.

Adams said her record "speaks for itself" and listed a variety of accomplishments, including resolving a dispute over the San Rafael Rock Quarry, working on rehabilitation of the Marinwood Plaza "with a full grocery and farmer's market," addressing flood protection, health care and veterans services, and other issues.

Residents behind the Adams recall effort cite a variety of concerns, many dealing with Adams' boosting a low- and moderate-income housing project at Marinwood Plaza.

Recall advocates have 120 days to collect the signatures of 6,368 voters registered in her San Rafael-area district to force a recall, although the clock doesn't start ticking until a variety of legal procedures are met, a process that could take several weeks.